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*~Chapter 6~*
"You aren't fooling anyone."
"You are a smart one." a smooth voice hissed as the old man sprung back, his appearance swiftly changing. "I was wondering when you would get here, Inuyasha."
"Who are you?!" Inuyasha demanded, drawing Tetsusaiga. The old man laughed as his back straightened and a wave swept over his shin, turning it a steely blue. Scales flourished across his body, stopping at the center of the waist and the base of the neck, covering everything but the stomach and head. The moustache disappeared and the tufts of hair on his head grew into long, black tresses that reached his waist. This is when they realized that this he was indeed a she.
"I am Ceaha, the illusionist." A bow and quiver of arrows appeared form no where as the girl drew it, smirking. "Die." The arrow flew and disappeared, but Inuyasha was smart enough to jump to the side before it buried itself into the ground where he had been. Kagome looked at the girl and gasped.
"Inuyasha, she has a shard of the sacred jewel in her waist!" Ceaha laughed, putting a hand over her navel daintily.
"Yes, and I have been promised another if I can kill you!"
"Who promised you this?" Miroku demanded, drawing a small chuckle from the girl.
"The great demon by the name of Naraku."
"Naraku!" Inuyasha snarled, "That would explain a few things." The girl giggled, and totally vanished.
"Where the Hell did she go?!"
"I am an Illusionist, idiot. Let us take our battle outside." A voice hovered above them, seeming to come from no where and everywhere at the same time. The front door opened and slammed, everyone rushing after it.
When they reached the outdoors, they were not in the town that they so recognized. The surroundings were that of a desert, barren of buildings and life of all kinds. The illusion was so real, they could almost feel the heat and taste the wind blown sand that wafted through the air.
"We have a great disadvantage here." Hiei muttered, drawing his katana as his Jagan searched futilely for a trace of the girl.
"Yes." Kurama agreed, "Ceaha bands the light waves around herself and others, creating illusions. The only way to find her is by touch or hearing, she is strong enough to fool our other senses. Sight is not trustworthy in this battle."
"I can use my wind tunnel, it does not judge by sight." Miroku said as he went to unsheathe his hand, but was stopped when suddenly Sango disappeared.
"What the Hell?!" Sango reappeared, but did not move or speak. She began to flash between the familiar girl and their new foe.
"Which is it? Sango or Ceaha? Can you be sure?" The sugary voice wafted overhead, laughing. "Use your wind tunnel monk. Take a chance. It's me or Sango, you choose." Miroku looked at his hand and re-wrapped it after only a moments hesitation.
"Good choice." Sango/Ceaha disappeared, the voices going silent.
"Now where did she go?" Inuyasha muttered, looking around nervously.
"What happened, where is everyone?!" A shrill voice rang out and they all looked around for the source, but could find none.
"Sango, where are you?!" Miroku yelled worridly.
"I don't know . .I-I can't see anything." Though her training as a demon slayer, she could not keep the panic out of her voice.
"Ceaha is bending the light waves away from her body and eyes. She is as blind to us as we are her. Ceaha will take the form of Sango if any of us becomes a threat and go in for a sort of ambush." Kurama muttered as the grass sword enveloped his hand.
"Very good. You are smart, for a kitsune." she laughed delightedly and a flitting noise was heard.
"Move!" they all jumped to the side, three arrows appearing in the ground where Hiei and Inuyasha had just been standing moments before. Giggles breezed through the air, taunting their helplessness.
"What the hell is so funny?!" Yusuke demanded as a small ball of energy formed at the tip of his finger, "I can't even sense her energy! You getting anything, Kuwabara?"
"Nothing. Not even a little." His spirit sword was out in full, and he was swinging at even the smallest sound. The air was tense, barely anyone moving or breathing.
"You look ridiculous." Ceaha mused, "But that is all about to change, because you are about to die."
"Yeah, yeah, quit your jabbering, I haven't seen anything yet!" Yusuke took the words right out of Inuyasha's mouth. More flitting was heard and they all ran, a line of arrows following Yusuke as he ran. He spun on his heel and raised his arm, a bright beam shooting from his index finger.
"Spirit gun!" It burst from him, shooting up towards the sky. Ceaha appeared for a moment, clutching her singed side, then once again vanished.
"You are going to pay for that!" Kagome's eyes searched for the faint pink glimmer of a Shikon shard, but no matter how many times she looked she couldn't seem to locate it. Then she got an idea.
Closing her eyes, Kagome reached out with her mind to try and pinpoint it. There! She felt it lightly, and a faint image appeared in her mind. It was the teal colored girl, poised with a dagger, headed straight for Inuyasha's back!
"No!" Kagome cried, running forward. She cried out in pain as she reached Inuyasha, the blade piercing her back instead of his.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried, catching her in his arms as she fell. Kuwabara ran up and jumped into the air, his sword slicing through seemingly air, black blood spraying everywhere. The illusionist appeared, falling to the ground as the orange haired boy withdrew his sword, the woman crying out in agony.
"You haven't won." She gasped, "that dagger is laced with deadly poison, that girl will be dead before the night is done . ." The girl slumped, glazed eyes staring into nothing. The desert disappeared back into empty streets and Sango reappeared a few feet from where she had gone missing, running up to the others.
"Kagome." Inuyasha murmured, cradling her gently. Kurama pushed forward, kneeling next to the girl. Her eyes were glassy as she struggled for air, her throat constricting. Her eyes felt heavy, her chest tight with pain. She wanted to sleep, she was so tiered . . .
"Kagome, Kagome, listen to me." Kurama said gently, cupping her face in his hands.
"Listen to me. Keep your eyes open, okay? Don't go to sleep. Do you understand?" She nodded numbly as she stared up at him with half-lidded eyes.
"Take her hand." He told Inuyasha, who faltered. "Do it!" Inuyasha quickly clasped her hand in his, squeezing it gently. He was terrified for Kagome, he couldn't lose her . . .
Kurama reached to her back, tearing out the dagger. Kagome screamed in pain, her back arching as she crushed Inuyasha's hand so hard that she almost broke his fingers. "I'm right here, Kagome. It's going to be alright." he murmured as Kurama examined the wound.
"Shouldn't you suck out the poison?" Miroku wondered aloud.
"I am a thousand years your senior, boy, I think I know what I'm doing." Kurama snapped as he gently took the girl from Inuyasha. "Lets get back to the Inn."
***
Inuyasha paced the room mercilessly as everyone watched him, "Inuyasha, you are going to make a hole in the floor. Why don't you come and sit down."
Rather than listen to reason, Inuyasha kept pacing. "Dammit, isn't that kitsune done yet?!"
"Inuyasha, these things take time. You want Kagome to live, correct?"
"Shut-up monk." This was his fault. Maybe if he had been paying more attention and watching Kagome, they wouldn't be in this predicament . . .
Kurama came quietly out of the room, closing the door quietly behind him just to be almost barreled over by the dog demon. "How is she? Is she okay?"
"I can't be sure. The poison has progressed quickly, but I think I was able to catch it in time. I placed the bloodsucking plant into her body . . ."
"Wait, isn't that what you used against Karasu?" Kuwabara asked as he scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"Yes, but . . ."
"Are you crazy?!" Yusuke demanded, "That wont help her! She's going to explode into a huge flower like Karasu did!"
"What?!" Inuyasha demanded, grabbing Kurama by the cuff of his shirt, "You're trying to kill her you BASTARD! I never should have trusted you . . ." With a swift motion of his hand, Kurama sent Inuyasha sprawling into a far wall.
"If you would listen before you shoot of with that large mouth of yours," Kurama said calmly, "The bloodsucking plant sucks blood, hence the name. Thus it was suck out the infected blood, and then I remove it. This is the only way I can see that Kagome has a chance." Kurama looked over at Inuyasha's scowling face and smiled lightly.
"Would you like to see her now?" Inuyasha nodded and stood, following Kurama into the room. Kagome lay on a small bed, pale and drawn while little Shippo sat next to her, holding her hand.
"Come on Shippo," Kurama nodded at the small fox, " Let's leave these two alone." Inuyasha chose to ignore the sly tone in Kurama's voice and sat down next to her as the door shut quietly behind him.
"Kagome, you idiot." he murmured as he unconsciously reached for her hand. "You should have just let me take the hit. . . .stupid . ." Why had she done that, for him? He had always been rude to her, or . .He clutched her hand tighter, sighing.
They sat together for what seemed like an eternity, the silence comfortable. Inuyasha would speak sometimes, reminding her of one of the many adventures they had been on, or how he was going to kill her if she didn't get better . .
Kurama appeared once again in the doorway, "Times up, Inuyasha, I need to remove the seed."
"Alright."He cast one last glance at Kagome and sighed, leaving only after a few moments. *Please Kagome, get better. I can't lose you. Not like Kikyo . . . *
***
Kurama pulled the seed form Kagome's back, tucking it back into his silver tresses. It looked like she would make it, but he wouldn't be sure until morning. Her brow was still fevered, her skin clammy and pale. Kurama placed a cool rag across her forehead as Yusuke walked in.
"She gonna be okay?"
"I do believe so. Have we gotten any new information on Keiko or Yukina?" Yusuke leaned back against the wall, yawning loudly.
"Nope, none." Then he frowned, "Hey wait, wasn't Koenma supposed to contact us a couple of days ago or something?" Kurama nodded thoughtfully.
"Go get Botan, ask her about that." Yusuke nodded and left, returning with the blue haired girl.
"Did Koenma ever contact you?" Botan thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No, he didn't. That's strange. I had forgotten all about it."
"Yeah, so did we." Yusuke muttered, his brow furrowed. "Wait, don't tell me that little mirror thingy is broken too."
"I don't think so." she fumbled around in her pockets, then produced the mirror. Opening the small compact, she called out. "Koenma? Lord Koenma? Are you there?"
"BOTAN!" The little toddler yelled, the pacifier almost flying from his mouth. "Where the HELL have you been? I tried to call you . . .how many times George?" The blue ogre appeared with a pen and paper in the background.
"Uh . .three thousand, eight hundred and fifty three times."
"Thank-you ogre. Now why didn't you answer the stupid compact?!" Botan face-faulted and sweat dropped, smiling sheepishly.
"I must have forgotten to turn it on, sorry Koenma." Yusuke and Kurama face-faulted as she laughed embarrassedly. Getting up, Yusuke pushed Botan out of the way and looked into the mirror.
"Do you know where Keiko and Yukina are?"
"No. But I do have Ketsueki's location.. There are mountains thirty miles to the north, and I have a faint lock on him there. He isn't moving, so it should probably take you about a week to get there."
"Good." Kurama muttered from behind them, "But it will probably take us longer. Demons seeking these Shikon shards that Inuyasha has keep popping up everywhere."
"Inuyasha?" Koenma cocked his toddler head to the side as Yusuke shrugged.
"Long story. But thanks for the info. See ya soon!"
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*~Chapter 6~*
"You aren't fooling anyone."
"You are a smart one." a smooth voice hissed as the old man sprung back, his appearance swiftly changing. "I was wondering when you would get here, Inuyasha."
"Who are you?!" Inuyasha demanded, drawing Tetsusaiga. The old man laughed as his back straightened and a wave swept over his shin, turning it a steely blue. Scales flourished across his body, stopping at the center of the waist and the base of the neck, covering everything but the stomach and head. The moustache disappeared and the tufts of hair on his head grew into long, black tresses that reached his waist. This is when they realized that this he was indeed a she.
"I am Ceaha, the illusionist." A bow and quiver of arrows appeared form no where as the girl drew it, smirking. "Die." The arrow flew and disappeared, but Inuyasha was smart enough to jump to the side before it buried itself into the ground where he had been. Kagome looked at the girl and gasped.
"Inuyasha, she has a shard of the sacred jewel in her waist!" Ceaha laughed, putting a hand over her navel daintily.
"Yes, and I have been promised another if I can kill you!"
"Who promised you this?" Miroku demanded, drawing a small chuckle from the girl.
"The great demon by the name of Naraku."
"Naraku!" Inuyasha snarled, "That would explain a few things." The girl giggled, and totally vanished.
"Where the Hell did she go?!"
"I am an Illusionist, idiot. Let us take our battle outside." A voice hovered above them, seeming to come from no where and everywhere at the same time. The front door opened and slammed, everyone rushing after it.
When they reached the outdoors, they were not in the town that they so recognized. The surroundings were that of a desert, barren of buildings and life of all kinds. The illusion was so real, they could almost feel the heat and taste the wind blown sand that wafted through the air.
"We have a great disadvantage here." Hiei muttered, drawing his katana as his Jagan searched futilely for a trace of the girl.
"Yes." Kurama agreed, "Ceaha bands the light waves around herself and others, creating illusions. The only way to find her is by touch or hearing, she is strong enough to fool our other senses. Sight is not trustworthy in this battle."
"I can use my wind tunnel, it does not judge by sight." Miroku said as he went to unsheathe his hand, but was stopped when suddenly Sango disappeared.
"What the Hell?!" Sango reappeared, but did not move or speak. She began to flash between the familiar girl and their new foe.
"Which is it? Sango or Ceaha? Can you be sure?" The sugary voice wafted overhead, laughing. "Use your wind tunnel monk. Take a chance. It's me or Sango, you choose." Miroku looked at his hand and re-wrapped it after only a moments hesitation.
"Good choice." Sango/Ceaha disappeared, the voices going silent.
"Now where did she go?" Inuyasha muttered, looking around nervously.
"What happened, where is everyone?!" A shrill voice rang out and they all looked around for the source, but could find none.
"Sango, where are you?!" Miroku yelled worridly.
"I don't know . .I-I can't see anything." Though her training as a demon slayer, she could not keep the panic out of her voice.
"Ceaha is bending the light waves away from her body and eyes. She is as blind to us as we are her. Ceaha will take the form of Sango if any of us becomes a threat and go in for a sort of ambush." Kurama muttered as the grass sword enveloped his hand.
"Very good. You are smart, for a kitsune." she laughed delightedly and a flitting noise was heard.
"Move!" they all jumped to the side, three arrows appearing in the ground where Hiei and Inuyasha had just been standing moments before. Giggles breezed through the air, taunting their helplessness.
"What the hell is so funny?!" Yusuke demanded as a small ball of energy formed at the tip of his finger, "I can't even sense her energy! You getting anything, Kuwabara?"
"Nothing. Not even a little." His spirit sword was out in full, and he was swinging at even the smallest sound. The air was tense, barely anyone moving or breathing.
"You look ridiculous." Ceaha mused, "But that is all about to change, because you are about to die."
"Yeah, yeah, quit your jabbering, I haven't seen anything yet!" Yusuke took the words right out of Inuyasha's mouth. More flitting was heard and they all ran, a line of arrows following Yusuke as he ran. He spun on his heel and raised his arm, a bright beam shooting from his index finger.
"Spirit gun!" It burst from him, shooting up towards the sky. Ceaha appeared for a moment, clutching her singed side, then once again vanished.
"You are going to pay for that!" Kagome's eyes searched for the faint pink glimmer of a Shikon shard, but no matter how many times she looked she couldn't seem to locate it. Then she got an idea.
Closing her eyes, Kagome reached out with her mind to try and pinpoint it. There! She felt it lightly, and a faint image appeared in her mind. It was the teal colored girl, poised with a dagger, headed straight for Inuyasha's back!
"No!" Kagome cried, running forward. She cried out in pain as she reached Inuyasha, the blade piercing her back instead of his.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried, catching her in his arms as she fell. Kuwabara ran up and jumped into the air, his sword slicing through seemingly air, black blood spraying everywhere. The illusionist appeared, falling to the ground as the orange haired boy withdrew his sword, the woman crying out in agony.
"You haven't won." She gasped, "that dagger is laced with deadly poison, that girl will be dead before the night is done . ." The girl slumped, glazed eyes staring into nothing. The desert disappeared back into empty streets and Sango reappeared a few feet from where she had gone missing, running up to the others.
"Kagome." Inuyasha murmured, cradling her gently. Kurama pushed forward, kneeling next to the girl. Her eyes were glassy as she struggled for air, her throat constricting. Her eyes felt heavy, her chest tight with pain. She wanted to sleep, she was so tiered . . .
"Kagome, Kagome, listen to me." Kurama said gently, cupping her face in his hands.
"Listen to me. Keep your eyes open, okay? Don't go to sleep. Do you understand?" She nodded numbly as she stared up at him with half-lidded eyes.
"Take her hand." He told Inuyasha, who faltered. "Do it!" Inuyasha quickly clasped her hand in his, squeezing it gently. He was terrified for Kagome, he couldn't lose her . . .
Kurama reached to her back, tearing out the dagger. Kagome screamed in pain, her back arching as she crushed Inuyasha's hand so hard that she almost broke his fingers. "I'm right here, Kagome. It's going to be alright." he murmured as Kurama examined the wound.
"Shouldn't you suck out the poison?" Miroku wondered aloud.
"I am a thousand years your senior, boy, I think I know what I'm doing." Kurama snapped as he gently took the girl from Inuyasha. "Lets get back to the Inn."
***
Inuyasha paced the room mercilessly as everyone watched him, "Inuyasha, you are going to make a hole in the floor. Why don't you come and sit down."
Rather than listen to reason, Inuyasha kept pacing. "Dammit, isn't that kitsune done yet?!"
"Inuyasha, these things take time. You want Kagome to live, correct?"
"Shut-up monk." This was his fault. Maybe if he had been paying more attention and watching Kagome, they wouldn't be in this predicament . . .
Kurama came quietly out of the room, closing the door quietly behind him just to be almost barreled over by the dog demon. "How is she? Is she okay?"
"I can't be sure. The poison has progressed quickly, but I think I was able to catch it in time. I placed the bloodsucking plant into her body . . ."
"Wait, isn't that what you used against Karasu?" Kuwabara asked as he scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"Yes, but . . ."
"Are you crazy?!" Yusuke demanded, "That wont help her! She's going to explode into a huge flower like Karasu did!"
"What?!" Inuyasha demanded, grabbing Kurama by the cuff of his shirt, "You're trying to kill her you BASTARD! I never should have trusted you . . ." With a swift motion of his hand, Kurama sent Inuyasha sprawling into a far wall.
"If you would listen before you shoot of with that large mouth of yours," Kurama said calmly, "The bloodsucking plant sucks blood, hence the name. Thus it was suck out the infected blood, and then I remove it. This is the only way I can see that Kagome has a chance." Kurama looked over at Inuyasha's scowling face and smiled lightly.
"Would you like to see her now?" Inuyasha nodded and stood, following Kurama into the room. Kagome lay on a small bed, pale and drawn while little Shippo sat next to her, holding her hand.
"Come on Shippo," Kurama nodded at the small fox, " Let's leave these two alone." Inuyasha chose to ignore the sly tone in Kurama's voice and sat down next to her as the door shut quietly behind him.
"Kagome, you idiot." he murmured as he unconsciously reached for her hand. "You should have just let me take the hit. . . .stupid . ." Why had she done that, for him? He had always been rude to her, or . .He clutched her hand tighter, sighing.
They sat together for what seemed like an eternity, the silence comfortable. Inuyasha would speak sometimes, reminding her of one of the many adventures they had been on, or how he was going to kill her if she didn't get better . .
Kurama appeared once again in the doorway, "Times up, Inuyasha, I need to remove the seed."
"Alright."He cast one last glance at Kagome and sighed, leaving only after a few moments. *Please Kagome, get better. I can't lose you. Not like Kikyo . . . *
***
Kurama pulled the seed form Kagome's back, tucking it back into his silver tresses. It looked like she would make it, but he wouldn't be sure until morning. Her brow was still fevered, her skin clammy and pale. Kurama placed a cool rag across her forehead as Yusuke walked in.
"She gonna be okay?"
"I do believe so. Have we gotten any new information on Keiko or Yukina?" Yusuke leaned back against the wall, yawning loudly.
"Nope, none." Then he frowned, "Hey wait, wasn't Koenma supposed to contact us a couple of days ago or something?" Kurama nodded thoughtfully.
"Go get Botan, ask her about that." Yusuke nodded and left, returning with the blue haired girl.
"Did Koenma ever contact you?" Botan thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No, he didn't. That's strange. I had forgotten all about it."
"Yeah, so did we." Yusuke muttered, his brow furrowed. "Wait, don't tell me that little mirror thingy is broken too."
"I don't think so." she fumbled around in her pockets, then produced the mirror. Opening the small compact, she called out. "Koenma? Lord Koenma? Are you there?"
"BOTAN!" The little toddler yelled, the pacifier almost flying from his mouth. "Where the HELL have you been? I tried to call you . . .how many times George?" The blue ogre appeared with a pen and paper in the background.
"Uh . .three thousand, eight hundred and fifty three times."
"Thank-you ogre. Now why didn't you answer the stupid compact?!" Botan face-faulted and sweat dropped, smiling sheepishly.
"I must have forgotten to turn it on, sorry Koenma." Yusuke and Kurama face-faulted as she laughed embarrassedly. Getting up, Yusuke pushed Botan out of the way and looked into the mirror.
"Do you know where Keiko and Yukina are?"
"No. But I do have Ketsueki's location.. There are mountains thirty miles to the north, and I have a faint lock on him there. He isn't moving, so it should probably take you about a week to get there."
"Good." Kurama muttered from behind them, "But it will probably take us longer. Demons seeking these Shikon shards that Inuyasha has keep popping up everywhere."
"Inuyasha?" Koenma cocked his toddler head to the side as Yusuke shrugged.
"Long story. But thanks for the info. See ya soon!"
Woo hoo! End o' chappie!
Oh, Karma Sutra is a little book full of things couples can do when they're . . .*bored* eheheh *Face-faults*
REVIEW! So close to fifty! SOOO CLOOSSSEE!! ^-^